Joan Williams
Joan Williams was a printmaker, watercolourist and teacher, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan. She studied at High Wycombe School of Art and the Royal College of Art, and went on to become Head of the Printmaking Department at Maidstone College of Art, having also taught at Medway College of Art and Shasta College, California. Williams was a member of the Printmakers’ Council, the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) and the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), and illustrated books for Oxford University Press. She was invited to participate in exhibitions across continental Europe, including in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (1971), Frechen, West Germany (1972–74), Épinal, France (1975) and Biella, Italy (1980). Her work was also shown in group exhibitions, including at the Royal Academy, and she held solo exhibitions at The Richard Bradley Atelier, Norfolk (1971), Newport Art Gallery (1976) and Portland State University, Oregon (1980).
